PageHum vs Plausible Analytics
Plausible Analytics suits
Owners who want mature, EU-hosted privacy analytics with goals, funnels, and long history, and nothing else.
PageHum suits
A small site’s owner who wants traffic, speed, errors, broken links, uptime, and a status page from one script, and the one problem worth fixing named each week.
| Compared | PageHum | Plausible Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 sites, 40,000 pageviews a month, the board, a status page, and the badge. source | None; a 30-day trial. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Cheapest paid plan | Starter $9/mo ($90/yr): 5 sites, 100,000 pageviews, 90 days. source | Starter $9/mo ($90/yr): 10,000 pageviews, 1 site, 3 years of history. source (opens in a new tab) |
| What it covers | Privacy analytics, real-visitor speed (load, LCP, INP, CLS), JavaScript error counts, broken links, uptime, page checks, browser flows, and a status page, from one script. source | Analytics: goals, custom events, GA import; funnels and revenue on Business. No uptime, status page, or error tracking. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Cookies and identifiers | No cookies and no identifiers; counts only. The script is about 5 KB gzipped. source | No cookies or local storage; no cookie banner needed; stored in the EU. Script 2.5 KB. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Uptime checks | Homepage every 5 minutes from 1 region on Free, 3 on Starter, 4 on Pro and Ultra; extra pages every 30 to 5 minutes. source | None. |
| Status page | On every plan, with incidents and maintenance; your own domain from Starter. source | None. |
| Alerts | Push on Free; email, Slack, Discord, Teams, and signed webhooks on paid plans. No SMS or phone calls yet. source | Email and Slack reports; traffic spike and drop emails. source (opens in a new tab) |
| API and MCP | REST API and an MCP server on every plan (60 calls an hour on Free). source | Stats API on Business and up. source (opens in a new tab) |
| History kept | 40 days on Free, 90 days on Starter, 13 months on Pro and Ultra. source | 3 years on Starter, 5 on Business. source (opens in a new tab) |
Where Plausible Analytics is better
- Mature, open source, and hosted on EU-owned infrastructure.
- Goals, custom properties, funnels, revenue, and a Looker Studio connector.
- Years of history on every plan.
Where PageHum is better
- A free plan (Plausible has a trial).
- 5 sites and 100,000 pageviews on Starter at the same $9, where Plausible's Starter is 1 site and 10,000.
- Uptime, broken links, client errors, real-visitor speed, and a status page, which Plausible doesn't do.
What PageHum doesn’t do
- No session replay or heatmaps.
- Counts only: no per-visitor paths, user profiles, or cohorts.
- One funnel per site, not many.
- No stack traces: error messages, pages, browsers, and counts.
- Homepage checks every 5 minutes, and no SMS or phone alerts yet.
- Young: launched in 2026, so a short track record and short histories.
Switching
Swap the script tag; both are one line. PageHum doesn't import Plausible's history.
Plausible Analytics is a trademark of its owner; PageHum isn’t affiliated with it. Facts were checked October 13, 2026 and will be checked again by January 13, 2027. Something wrong or out of date? Write to hello@pagehum.com.